MichaelAnissimov comments on 60m Asteroid currently assigned a .022% chance of hitting Earth. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelAnissimov 06 March 2012 02:32:21PM 1 point [-]

You'd probably have to use a more powerful kind of rocket than any that currently exists, like a nuclear rocket, to launch enough mass into space for it to cause "significant damage" upon reentry.